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...Hurlburt appeared before the foreign affairs committee yesterday, and defended the record of his dead brother, the late minister to Peru. Ex-Secretary Blaine will be examined Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/21/1882 | See Source »

...Senate, today, Mr. Lapham asked for an entry upon the record to the effect that, if present, he would have voted against the passage of the anti-Chinese bill over the President's veto...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/14/1882 | See Source »

...Running High Kick was won by E. D. Dorchester by a record of 8 feet 5 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ATHLETIC MEETING. | 4/3/1882 | See Source »

...Running High Jump was easily won by J. L. Kimball by a record of 5 feet 3 3/4 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ATHLETIC MEETING. | 4/3/1882 | See Source »

...report of the last of the regular winter meetings, advances the criticism that in several events the starting point was so low and change was made so slowly that many of the contestants became tired out before their final efforts, and thus often failed to equal their practice records. Thus in pole-vaulting, the bar was started at six feet and slowly raised to nine; and in the running high jump the tambourine was raised so slowly that at the highest points men were visibly unable to make the efforts they could have made when fresher. The correspondent suggests that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/3/1882 | See Source »